Central Maine Power

As Legal Battle Over Transmission Line Geared Up, CMP And State Agency Quietly Amended The Lease

By • Jun 30, 2020
Robert F. Bukaty / AP File

The state’s Bureau of Parks and Lands has signed a revised deal with Central Maine Power to lease a public parcel for the utility’s controversial power line through western Maine. It makes some key changes, but opponents say under the state constitution, the lease still needs to be approved by a two-thirds majority of the Legislature.

Judge: Anti-CMP Ballot Initiative Should Go To Voters

By • Jun 29, 2020
"Say NO to 145-mile CMP transmission line through Maine" via Facebook

A Cumberland County Superior Court judge ruled on Monday that a citizens initiative aimed at killing Central Maine Power’s power line project can stay on the November ballot.

Dunlap: CMP Ballot Measure May Be Unconstitutional, But Should Still Go To Voters

By • Jun 15, 2020
Fred Bever / Maine Public

Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap says a ballot measure that backers hope would kill Central Maine Power’s proposed power line through the state’s western woods may well be unconstitutional. But he also says it should stay on the ballot.

CMP Agrees To Create $500,000 Pandemic Assistance Fund After Sending Disconnection Threats

By • May 11, 2020

Central Maine Power is agreeing to create a half-million-dollar fund to assist customers who’ve been affected by the pandemic.

CMP Wins Permits From Two State Agencies For Western Maine Power Line

By • May 11, 2020
Fred Bever / Maine Public

The state Department of Environmental Protection and the Land Use Planning Commission signed off today on vital land use permits Central Maine Power needs for its proposed 151-mile power line through western Maine.

Maine Supreme Court Rules That Anti-CMP Corridor Referendum Signatures Were Valid

By • May 7, 2020
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The state's highest court has ruled that Maine voters will have their say on Central Maine Power's proposed billion-dollar powerline through western Maine in November.

Lawyers Clash Over Petitions Via Video Before Supreme Court

By • Apr 29, 2020

PORTLAND, Maine - Maine's Supreme Court says it will rule "expeditiously" on disputed petitions needed to proceed with a November referendum on a $1 billion hydropower transmission corridor project.

CMP, Hydro-Quebec Spent $7 Million Last Quarter In Attempt To Squash Anti-Corridor Referendum

By • Apr 14, 2020
Robert F. Bukaty / AP Photo

Central Maine Power and Canada’s Hydro-Quebec spent more than $7 million in the first quarter of the year opposing a prospective referendum that could scuttle a controversial transmission project through western Maine.

Dunlap: Referendum Threshold Met Despite Tossed Signatures

By • Apr 3, 2020

Maine's top election official has invalidated hundreds more signatures that were collected to force a referendum on a hydropower transmission corridor.

Central Maine Power Delivers Masks, Respirators To MEMA

By • Mar 30, 2020

AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine's largest electric utility is donating 6,000 masks to the Maine Emergency Management Agency to protect front-line medical workers from the coronavirus.

Central Maine Powe said its parent company, Avangrid, rounded up 3,000 surgical masks and 3,000 N-95 respirators that were sent to the MEMA ofices Monday morning.

The state is concerned about the adequacy of supplies to combat the coronavirus,áand it's pressing the federal government for more supplies.

In Court Filing, CMP PAC Challenges Whether Anti-Corridor Campaign Signatures Are Valid

By • Mar 13, 2020
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The political action committee for Central Maine Power is challenging whether opponents of its controversial transmission corridor have enough signatures to put the project on the November ballot.

Maine Gas Utility Will Be Fined $50K For Safety Problems

By • Mar 10, 2020

AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine regulators are going to fine a gas utility $50,000 for failures to meet safety requirements.

Maine Ethics Panel To Investigate Whether Group Opposing CMP Transmission Line Must Reveal Donors

By • Mar 10, 2020
via Stop the Corridor

The Maine Ethics Commission voted 2-1 Tuesday to investigate whether a group opposing a controversial transmission line through western Maine qualifies as a political action committee and should be required to reveal its donors.

Maine Bill Would Prevent Hydro-Quebec From Spending To Influence Referendum On Powerline

By • Mar 5, 2020
Courtesy Central Maine Power

The Maine Legislature will consider an emergency bill that could prohibit Hydro-Quebec from spending money to influence a potential referendum on a controversial powerline project running through western Maine.

LePage Says He Was Paid To Advocate For Hydropower Corridor

By • Feb 26, 2020

AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine's former governor says that he was paid by a lobbying firm to advocate for the state utility's hydropower corridor.

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